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Dec. 11 1923,

, J. H. EWING GAMING DEVIGE Filed March '7, 1923 Peer-igea Dee-11, 1923.

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GAMING nevica.

applicati@ inea laren 7, ma. semi im 1523,442.

To z't concern.'

Be' it known that I, JOSEPH H. EWING, a-

.Icitizen of theUnited States of America, re-

Aim

. wise 'manipulating spherical 'such as marbles or balls. A furtherobject ,siding at Malta, in' the county of Morgan and State yof Ohio,have invented new' and useful Improvements .in Gaming Devices, of which'the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide :a device adapted to he usedfor the entertainment, amusementand test of skill of the participantsin-the act of rolling, cuing motherplaying objects` is to provide in sucha device ayplaying board adapted to be supported at an inclmati'onV withAmeans for varying the angle ofy inclination from thehorizontal.

vWith these objects, in view the invention consists "in aconstructionand combination of parts of which a'preferred embodiment isshown inl the lacoompanyingdrawings,

- i 'tion 'of the length of thellegjlm' engagement with a waste nut 4which seciiredfon the under .surface of the base.' 'l, the -leg beingprovided at the oppositelenllwitha pipe cap 5' constituting the foot.Tlie pipe section being threadingly engaged 'rwiththe waste ,nut, thelegsvmay be rotated and by means of the screw connection their extentfrom the basewill be variedand thus the angular disposition of the basemay be adjusted within the limits provided by the size legs used. Theupper face of the base constitutes the playing surface and is boundedvou the edges by upstanding walls 6, the longitudinal sections of thesewalls constituting the outer walls of alleys T of which the. inner walls8 are arranged inparallelisrn with the outer ``walla.' The two alleysare thus dis- 13 than. in the pockets 14. In

iof the greatest number of passage through the'arcuate alley-9 by theposed'at opposite sides ofthe base and interll.

communicate by'means of an arcuate or semicircular alley'9 of vwhich thewalls are inf continuation of the walls of the. alleys 7..

From the lower or inner arcuate wall of the 'alley 9 the radial plates1o project but trminute short of the outer arcuate wall of the eise ofplaying objects 11 which maybe iinpelled or manipulated by the fingers rwith a cue or with a. mallet, whatever the players may elect. The radialplates 10 4de-4 fine respectively a center pocket 12 laterally'accessiblefrom the alley 10 and outer pockets -ee alley to provide 'afr'ee space for the trav .13 on either sideothe pocket 12 andstll lother pockets 14 of muchgreater width than the pockets 13 or 12;: Theplaying object'll may be started from the bottom oi" either alley Tanddriven around the communicating alley 9, the purpose being to dispose itin one ofthe it requires greater skill to drop' the object in the centerpocket 12 than in any of the but greater skill to depositit in Athepockets playing the game an arbitrary number of assigned to each pocketwit thecenter plom'ts may be pockets 12, 13or 14.4 VObviously. t.

- other pockets and less skill to deposit 'it in one of the pockets 13than inthe pockets 12 pocket obviously varied or having the valuepoints. Since pockets 14, 13 and 12 is restricted substantially to thediameter of the playing object, it is essential that the latter followthe 'outer arcuate wall of the arcuatealley and thus it is incumbent onthe player tc impact or-impel Athe playing object with just thesufiicient force to drop it in the desired. ocket.

Having described the'i'nventlon, what is claimed as new and useful isv:

A device for the .purpose .indicated comprising parallel alleys andfa'corninun'ieati ing' arcuate allem-and' radial `Yplates, disposedin vthearcuate alley and denmg pockets between them. said plates having aradial ex'- tent just sufiicienteto ermit the passage ot' a sphericalpla ing object between themund the outer wal of the arcuate alley.

In testimony whereof lhe aliixes his sig-v I natu re.,

JOZSEPl-I H. EVVING.v

